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Monitoring is the process of observing whether an activity or service is occurring as planned or not.  It implies systematic and purposeful observation, aiming to identify any diversion from the planned course of action. It also helps to identify the need for more formal evaluation of activities and find timely solutions to the problems.

Monitoring of sub-stores (drug stores at Tuberculosis Unit/Peripheral Health Institution level)  in National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) is carried out by the officer-in-charge at the District Tuberculosis Centre(DTC).

Importance of monitoring of sub-stores

  • Ensures uninterrupted supply of drugs and consumables
  • Prevention of overstocking to avoid wastage of unusual resources leading to expiry of high value drugs.
  • Prevention of stock-outs to avoid delay in treatment initiation. 

Resources

  1. Supervision and Monitoring Strategy Document RNTCP - Ver 2  MoHFW, GoI 2011
  2. Standard Operating Procedure Manual-Procurement & Supply Chain RNTCP , MoHFW, GoI 2019         

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Question​ Answer 1​ Answer 2​ Answer 3​ Answer 4​ Correct answer​ Correct explanation​ Page id​ Part of Pre-test​ Part of Post-test​
What is true about monitoring? Observing if an activity is occurring as planned Aims to identify any diversion from the planned course of action 1&2 are true Only observation 3 Monitoring is the process of observing whether an activity or service is occurring as planned or not. It implies systematic and purposeful observation, aiming to identify any diversion from the planned course of action.      

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